Means for attaching doll eyes



15 1927 1 621 073 March A. KONOFF MEANS FOR ATTACHING DOLL EYES Filed April 15, 1926 2 Shee ts-Sheet 1 @vwemtoz ma AM Patented Mar. 15, 1927. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER KONOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO OVERLAND METAL NOV- ELTY 00., INC, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MEANS FOR ATTAGHING DOLL EYES.

Application filed April 15, 1926. Serial No. 102,146.

This invention relates to doll eyes and to trated in position upon the tool, and a doll a device by which to attach said eyes in posihead being shown by dotted lines in two diftion within a doll head, and an object of the ferent positions with respect to the tool; invention is to provide means whereby doll Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the tool 5 eyes may be quickly, easily and accurately illustrated in Fig. 1; mounted within the doll head. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan View of the A more detailed object is to provide an eye-set-holding end of the tool, and illuseye-set and a tool for handling said set and trating an eye set in position held thereby; said two elen'ients having co-operative parts Fig. i is a longitudinal central sectional 10 whereby the eye-set may be moved relatively view taken substantially upon the plane of into the doll head through the neck opening line IV-IV of Fig. 3;

of the head, and be placed and securely fas- F ig. 5 is a top plan view of the body memtened in operative position within the head, ber of the eye set, with the eyes removed, and all. without requirementfor any other means said body member being shown removed 15 of access into the head than the neck openfrom the tool; and ing. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional A further detailed object is to provide a view taken substantially upon the plane of simple and easily operable tool adapted to line VI-VI of Fig. t. serve as carrier for the eye-set in carry- Referring to the drawings for describing 20 ing the eye-set througl'i the neck opening in detail the structure therein shown the and into operative position within the doll reference character L indicates a suitable head, and to construct the tool so that by the standard 'or base member upon which is simple movement of a single lever it may be mounted a pair of levers as G and H. These operated to fasten the eye-set in its final levers are pivotally connected together, as by operative position. a pivot bolt 1 which is carried by an eXten- 30 A further detailed objectis to so construct sion plate 2 from the base L, said extension the tool and the eye-set that after the eyeplate being connected with the base in any set has been fastened in position and the tool suitable manner as for instance by screws or withdrawn the eyes comprised in the eyethe like as 3.

30 set will have a certain degree of looseness The levers project beyond the pivot 1 and within the eye sockets of the doll head, at their forward ends each is formed with an which desirable for permitting proper upstanding stud 4 intended to engage movoscillatory action of said eyes. ing parts of the eye set for moving said parts A further detailed object is to provide the in a manner which will be described.

1:5 eye-set with improved resilient means for Between the pivot 1 and the outer ends of holding the eyes of said set resiliently the levers said levers are suitably bowed or against their seats in the doll head notwithbent so as to provide a notch or recess as 5 standing the looseness of fit afforded by the at one side of the levers into which a porremoval of the tool as just referred to. tion of the doll head may be received, as in- 40 Other objects and aims of the invention, cheated by the dotted line representation of more or less specific than those referred to the doll head 6, in Fig. 1. abm'e, will be in part obvious and in part The rear ends of the levers are turned inpointed out in the course of the following wardly to provide end surfaces 7-7 ardescription of the elements, combinations, ranged to rub against opposite sides of a 45 arrangements of parts and applications of wedge shaped cam 8. The cam S is formed principles constituting the invention; and upon a lever 9 which is pivotally' mounted the scope of protection contemplated will be as at 10 upon the base L and adapted, upon indicated in the appended claims. swinging the lever, to be thrust'forwardly In the accompanying drawings which are between the ends 7- 7 of the levers for fore-- to be taken as apart of this specification, and ing said ends apart. The levers are crossed in which I have shown merely a preferred at the pivot 1, after the manner of an ordiform of embodiment of the invention: nary pair of tongs, so that thespreading Fig, l is a top plan view of a tool conapart of the rear ends produces "simultanestrncted in accordance with this invention, ous spreading apart of the studs'4-4 at the a an eye set being diagrammatically illusforward ends.

A suitable tension spring as 11 is connected between the levers for holding the rear ends 7 always against the surface of the cam 8 and for thus movingthe studs -l--;l toward each other \vlicncvm the cam is h rown bachwardly.

The extension plate 2 projects forwardly beyond the pivot 1, following the oft-set contour of the underlying levers, and at its forward end is formed with a pair of fingers as 12 and 13 between which is a recess 14. The fingers 12 and 13 are arranged on a. common plane elevated somewhat above the plane of the forward ends of the levers.

The eye set which the tool thus far described is adapted for handling consists of a body portion 15 upon which the eyes as 1G16 are resiliently supported. The body portion is adapted to extend horizontally across the interior of the doll head, and intermediate its length is provided with a pair of arms 1717 which project forwardly from the body portion and directly sup port the cross rod as 18 at the opposite ends of which the eyes 16 are mounted.

The arms 17 are formed with aligned slots 19-19 therein into which the cross rod 18 is received so that the cross rod is permitted a certain desirable movement toward and away from the body portion although held by the side walls of the slots against any appreciable up and down movement within the slots.

A suitable spring as 20 is provided engaging the cross rod to urge it lightly against movement toward the inner ends of the slots 19. In the instance illustrated this spring consists of a single length of fine spring wire connected by its ends, as at 2121, to the end portions of the body portion 15, and having its intermediate part bent in U-shape about the arms 17 so as to provide leg portions as 2222 arranged to engage against the cross rod 18 at opposite sides of the arms 17*17, the entire length of the wire being suitably bent so that the legs 22-22 are normally elevated with respect to the body portion'15, and thus provide a desirable resilient pressure against the cross rod.

An eye set of this general type is more fully shown and described in my co-pending application Serial No. 95,198, the spring for urging the cross rod outwardly of the slots 19'1'9 inthe present instance diflering from the springs illustrated in said copending application however, the spring in the present instance being. more peculiarly adapted for co-op'eration with the tool herein shown and described.

1 The body portion 15 is of channel shape in cross section and within the channel thereof isarr'angedga pair of attaching members 28 and 24: These are longitudinally slidable alon the channel and their outer end A. b '11 v portions are torined Wltii tangs 20 which,

when the attaching members are slid outwardly, sink into the cheek portions of the doll head.

Before the application of the eye set into the doll head the attaching members are of course in their inner-most positions, as indicated in the drawings, and their movement outwardly for driving the tangs into embedded relation within the cheek portions of the doll head is not performed until after the eye set has been moved into the proper and correct position within the doll head.

The fit of the attaching members within the channel is sufiiciently tight so that the attaching members will have no movement except by the application of considerable force, such as the present tool is designed to apply. For this purpose each of the attaching members is formed with an aperture 26 therein arranged to receive the studs -l% at the forward ends of the tool levers rospeetively.

The forward ends of the tool levers are arranged 011 a common plane, as clearly indicated, and thus constitute a sort of platform upon which the body portion 15 may rest with the studs 4 projecting into the apertures 2626.

It will be apparent that any movement of the levers relative to each other while the studs 4- l are within the apertures of the attaching members will produce a corrcspending movement of the attaching mem bers, and while the drawings herewith show the cam 8 of the tool as being designed merely to spread the studs apart for driving the attaching members into the checks of the doll head, nevertheless the cam could readily be made to also positively force the levers together for retracting the attaching members upon backward swinging of the cam if desired, but even with the cam of the form illustrated the levers are so arranged that they may be readily grasped by the hand of an operator and the levers be thus operated, in the same manner as would an ordinary pair of tongs, to retract the attaching members. It is here noted that in some instances it desirable to move one attaching member, either inwardly or outwardly, without the other, and on this account the body portion 15 is provided with a central aperture 27 within which one of the 0p rating studs of the tool may be engaged while the other operating stud is engaged with, the attaching member which is to be moved, the second attaching member being in this eventunalfected. In this case ofcourse the tool employed, while being of the same type as that here shown and described, would be of different proportions so that its operating studs would be adapted to operate as set forth.

A suitable spring device as 28 is provided,-

fired, for convenience, to the underside of plate 2, for engaging over the upper sur face of the body portion to yieldingly hold the bodyportion against accidental detachment from the studs 44. This spring device is preferably formed to provide two fingers as 29 and 30 arranged for engaging the body portion at opposite sides of the arms 17.

The purpose of the fingers 1213 which are provided at the forward end of the eX- tcnsion plate 2 is to constitute a rest upon which the cross rod 18 engages to positively hold the cross rod and eyes from moving toward the body portion 15 during the time while the eye set is being positioned in the doll head and the attaching members are being driven home. It will be apprcciated in this connection that if this rest were omitted the operator in moving the eye setinto position within the doll head might easily and unconsciously compress the light spring 20, even to the extent of having the cross rod engage against the inner ends of the slots 19, when-he drives the attaching members home, which would of course be detrimental to the proper operation of the eye set.

The fingers 12 and 13 are preferably beveled off on their upper outer corners, as at 31, so as to provide proper space to accoi'nmodate the legs 22--22 of the spring. It being noted that the fingers 12 and 13 engage the cross rod at spaced points and intermediate the arms 17 and sald legs 22, the points of engagement of the fingers 1213 and the legs 22-22 being closely adjacentthe respective eyes 1616 so as to thereby more effectually control the position of the respective eyes.

The usual weight 32 is provided for oscil lating the cross rod and eyes said weight being rigidly connected with the cross rod by an arm 33 the upper end of which is attached to the cross rod intermediate the slotted arms 17-17.

The opposite ends 2121'of the spring may be connected to the body portion in any appropriate manner, but for the purpose of illustration here they are shown to be bent into parallelisn'i with the legs 2222 and caught beneath ears as 3 1 provided by the material of the body portion and bent so as to confine and retain the end portions at the spring while yet preferably permitting St: i. end portions to oscillate within the ears as pivot bearings so as to accommodate the easy flexing of the spring in the proper support of the cross rod and eyes.

In operation, the tool being'fastened firn1- ly to a suitable foundation; as by means of the retainingserews or the likens 3-5, an eye set, minus the cross rod and eyes is placed iii-position upon the forward ends of the levers, that is the body portion 15 is slipped under the spring fingers 29' and 30 so that it rests upon the upper surfaces of the levers with the studs l engaging within the apertures 26, the arms 1717 being received within the recess 14 of the extension plate 2. This done, the cross rod, with the eyes mounted thereon, is then placed in position within the slots 19 and resting upon the upper edges of the fingers 12-43, which as hereinabove set forth positively space the cross rod from the body portion 15 and prevent compression of the sprin 20.

The eye set is now ready for insertion in the doll head and this is accomplished preferably by moving the doll head over the eye set and tool rather than by moving the eye set into the doll head. In instances where the neck opening of the doll head is smaller than the length of the eye set the doll head is introduced over the eye set and tool first by movement into the position substantially as indicated by the dotted lines 6 in Fig. 1, and is thereafter turned to the position indicated by the dotted lines 36 in said figure, whereupon the eyes 1616 are adjusted to a proper engagement within the eye sockets of the head, and then the lever 9 of the tool is swung forwardly to drive the retaining members firmly into the cheek portions of the head.

The adjustment of the eye setinto the head is now completed and by a simple movement of the head relative to the tool the attaching members are disengaged from the studs 1 and the head is then lifted off of the tool.

hen the tool has been withdrawn the eyes 16 are thereafter held yieldingly against the eye sockets of the head by the spring 20, it being now apparent that with the removal of the fingers 12 and 13 the cross rod 18 is free to move against the tension of the spring 20 toward the bottom of the slots 19. If said fingers have been holding the eyes against: the sockets of the doll head so tightly that the eyes could not oscillate under the gravity influence of weight this tightness is now relieved and the pressure of the eyes against the sockets is determined wholly by the tension of the spring 20 which, being designed for the purpose, will produce just the dcsired amount of friction of the eyes against the sockets to enable the proper gravity movements of the eyes.

In some cases the sprin 20 may be entirely omitted. In this iustance'the eyes woul d be held against undue movement toward the body portion 15, that hackwardly from the eye sockets of the doll head, by reducing the depth of the slots 19 in the arms 17 so that the end valls of said slots would oppose backward movement of the cross rod within proper limits. 1

An adjusting screw as 37 or other appropriate means may be arranged for adjusting to a nice-ty the distance between the upper surta'cesot' the leverarms and the upper surtacesot the fingers 1 2 and 13. The material of plate 2, as well as the material of the lever arnis, issuitably flexible and resilient to enable the screw 37 to alter this distance within desirable limits as may be required by conditionsmet with in different types and sizes of doll heads, it being borne in mind that the distance between the lever arm and the fingers should always be just right for obtaining the benefit of the most eflicient spring tension in spring 20 for holding the eyes in operative engagement with the eye seats.

its many changes could be made in this construct-hm without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all. matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing" shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a liinitin sense. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a tool for attaching an eye-set within doll heads said eye-set having attaching parts movable away from each other into attaching position, supporting means for supporting the eye-set in position to receive the doll hea'd relatively thereover, the attaching parts of the eye-set each having an aperture therein, and said supporting means including lugs for engaging within said apertures and means to move said lugs to thereby more said attaching parts to attaching position,

2. In a tool for attachingan eye-set within a doll head said eye-set having attaching parts movable away from each other into at taching position, supporting means for supporting the eye-set in position to receive the doll head relatively thereover, and said supporting means comprising a pair of levers adapted to have engagement with the attaching parts, and means by which to operate said levers to move the attaching parts to attaching position;

3. A tool for attaching eye-sets in doll heads, said tool comprising a pair of levers having parts to engage and support the eyeset and by which the eye-set may be held in position to receive the doll head relatively thereover and by which the eye-set may be t'astened within the dollhead, together with means for operating said levers.

i. A tool for attaching; eye-sets in. doll heads, said tool comprising a; pair oflevers having parts to engage andsupport thete-ye :iiet and by which-the eye-set: may 'be held-in position to receivethe' doll head relatively thereover' and which the eye-set. may be fastened within the doll head, means pivotally connecting said" levers together, a spring ia- 'ang sai dlevers in'one' direction, and a* cam tor urgingsaid leversagainst tension'oi said'sp'ring for thereby operating p'ortiiig ineinber arranged to engags the-'- ye theleversto fasten the eye-set within the doll head.

A tool for attaching'eye-set's in doll heads, said tool comprising a pair of levers havingparts to engage and support the eye set and by which the eye-set may be held in position to receive the doll head relatively thereover and by which the eye-set may be fastened within the doll head, means pivotally connecting said levers together, a spring urging said leversin one direction, a pivoted lever, and a cam operable by said' lever for urging the first levers against the tension of said spring for thereby operating said first levers to fasten the eye-set within the doll head.

6. A tool for attaching eye-sets in doll heads, said tool comprising a pair of levers having "end" portions arranged to constitute a platform to receive the eye-set thereon, operating'n'ieans formed upon and operable by s'aidl'evers also to engage the eye-set for fastening the' eye-set in position in the doll head, and yielda'blemeans to retain the eyeset upon said platform in engagement with said operating means;

7. A tool for attaching eye-sets in doll heads, said tool. comprising a pair of levers having end portions" arranged to constitute a platform to receive the eye-set thereon, operating means formed upon and operable by said leversalso to engage the eye-set for fastening the eye set in position in the doll head, and a spring arranged to engage the eye-set for vieldingly retaining the eye-set upon said platform in engagement with said operatingmeans.

8. A tool for attaching eye sets in doll heads, said tool coniprishn g abase member, an extension member projecting from said base member, a" pair of levers pivoted upon said extension member, a' spring engaging said levers to urge them in one direction, a cam pivoted upon the base memberand en gaging said levers inanual ly operable to move the le-ver sin opposition to'said spring. and means provided upon said levers for engaging the eye set for operating movable parts of the eye set upon operation of the levers; v

9. A tool for attaching eye sets in' doll heads, said to ol'coin 'jrising apair of pivotall-y connected levers, and means provided upon sa.id'levers-*forengaging the eye set for operating movable parts" of the eye set upon op'fatio'r'i of the leversi 10; A tool for atta'ching eye set s'in doll heads," saidt warmin a pair ofpivotally connected level a sup'p'i t'ngmember upon which said levers a re'pivotally lnoiint ed, means provided apessaid levers for engaging the eyeset} for operatingmovable parts otithe eye set upon operation the kite s and ied upon said sn' set to yieldingly hold the eye set in engagement with the eye set engaging part of the levers.

11. A tool for attaching eye sets in doll heads, the eye set comprising a body portion having parts movable to rigidly attach the body portion in the doll head and an eye carrying portion movably engaging the body portion, said tool comprising a pair of levers for respectively engaging the movable parts of the body portion to move said parts to attaching position by operation of said levers, and said tool comprising also a part to engage the eye carrying portion to prevent movement of said eye carrying portion in one direction relative to the body portion.

12. A tool for attaching eye sets in doll heads, the eye set comprising a body portion having parts movable to rigidly attach the body portion in the doll head, the body portion having a pair of slotted arms projecting forwardly therefrom, and an eye carrying portion received in the slots of said arms movable along said slots toward said body portion, said tool comprising a pair of levers for respectively engaging the movable parts of the body portion to move said parts to attaching position by operation of said levers, and said tool comprising also a part to engage the eye carrying portion to prevent movement of said eye carrying portion along said slots.

13. A tool for attaching eye sets in doll heads, the eye set comprising a. body portion having parts movable to rigidly attach the body portion in the doll head, the body portion having a pair of slotted arms projecting forwardly therefrom, and an eye carrying portion received in the slots of said arms movable along said slots toward said body portion, said tool comprising a pair of levers for respectively engaging the movable parts of the body portion to move said parts I to attaching position by operation of said levers, and said tool comprising parts ad apted to straddle said arms and arranged to engage the eye carrying portion at opposite sides of said arms to prevent movement of said eye carrying portion along said slots.

14. A tool for attaching eye sets in doll heads, the eye set comprising a body portion having parts movable to attach the body portion in the doll head, the body portion having a pair of slotted arms projecting forwardly therefrom, and an eye carrying portion received in the slots of said arms movable along said slots toward said body portion, together with a spring yieldingly urging the eye portion along said slots in a direction away from the body portion, said tool comprising a pair of lovers for respectively engaging the movable parts of the body portion to move said parts to attaching position by operation of said levers, and said tool comprising also parts arranged to engage the eye carrying portion closely adjacent the points of engagen'ient of the spring with said eye carrying portion adapted to prevent movement of said eye carrying portion against the tension oi said spring.

15. A tool for attaching eye sets in doll heads, the eye set comprising a body portion having parts movable to rigidly attach the body portion in the doll head, and an eye carrying portion movably engaging the body portion, said tool comprising a pair of levers for respectively engaging the movable parts of the body portion to move said parts to attaching position by operation oi said levers, said tool comprising also a part to engage the eye carrying portion to prevent movement of said eye carrying portion in a direction toward said levers, and means by which to adjust the distance between said levers and the last mentioned part of the tool.

16. In a tool for attaching an eye set within a doll head, Where the eye set includes attaching parts movable with respect to each other into attaching position and where said attaching parts have prepared localities adapted to be engaged by the tool, supporting means for supporting the eye set in position to receive the eye set relatively thereover, said supporting means including a pair of separately formed members movable relatively to each other each having a portion for engaging the prepared localities of the attaching parts respectively of the eye set, and means to move said separately formed members relative to each other to thereby move the attaching parts of the eye set to attaching position.

In testimony whereof I aifiX my signature.

ALEXANDER KONOFF. 

